[June 19, 2008] 3Com Names VP and GM for North America Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) 3Com, a provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions, announced the appointment of Alex Dobson as Vice President and General Manager for North America. Dobson will focus on increasing 3Com s sales presence and marketing awareness with end users while improving channel effectiveness in the United States and Canada. North America is a key region in executing 3Com s global strategy, said Ron Sege, 3Com President and COO. As a company, our number one goal is profitable revenue growth and Alex has a long, successful track record of working with channels to win new accounts and serve existing customers. His experience in both the networking and applications areas will be invaluable as we deliver the benefits of cost-effective, secure, converged networks to more and more customers. Alex is a strong addition to our worldwide leadership team and he will play an important role in helping us achieve our revenue and profit objectives. Dobson joins 3Com from BroadSoft, where he was a Vice President, Sales for North America for this provider of VoIP application software. At BroadSoft, he helped the company win key new accounts and increase revenue from existing large customers. Previously, he was Vice President, Business Development for NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity software, where he accelerated revenue generation by establishing relationships with strategic partners. Earlier in his career, he was Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing for NSGDatacom, a developer of wireline and wireless voice and data products. While there, Dobson created solution selling and marketing programs for key verticals and applications. He joined NSGDatacom when it purchased Advanced Switching Communications, where he had been Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Dobson also spent 3 years with 3Com in the 1990s in senior sales positions at the company s former USRobotics unit. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]